1. Post-independence setting -- Ghana at independence -- Nigeria at independence -- The coups and the great changes of the second half of the sixties -- 2. Colonial heritage, early co-operation and common interterritorial institutions -- Decline in co-operation and break-up of common institutions -- 3. Leadership role in Africa -- An ideology for Africa -- Anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism, and anti-racism -- Neo-colonialism -- 4. Ghana, Nigeria, and the Organization of African Unity -- Liberation Committee -- African high command -- African common market -- 5. Conflict over the Congo crisis -- The role of the ONUC -- US-Belgium rescue operation -- 6. Attitude to the great powers -- Attitudes to Britain -- Attitudes to the super powers -- Attitudes to the EEC -- 7. Ghana and the Nigerian civil war -- Initial partnership -- Ghana, OAU, and peace moves -- Ghana's stand: an explanation
